Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
The Walsh-Healey Act or Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, passed in 1936 as part of the New Deal, is a United States federal law which protectsemployees of government contractors whose contracts exceed USD 10,000. For theseemployees, it establishes overtime as hours worked in excess of 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week, sets the minimum wage equal to the prevailing wage in an area, and sets standards for child and convict labor, as well as job sanitation and safety standards.
External links
* [http://www.purdue.edu/hr/Training/Business_Services_Basic_Skills/payprac/walsh.htm Slide] from a Purdue University class.
* [http://history.eserver.org/us-labor-law.txt "Federal Labor Laws"] , a list from "Congressional Digest".
* [http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/dolchp03.htm "The Department in the New Deal and World War II"] at the US Department of Labor.
* [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode41/usc_sec_41_00000035----000-.html Text of the Act, 41 USC 35 et seq.] , at the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute.
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